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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.108.23

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 108: The ṛṣis leave Citrakūṭa. Rākṣasas assault the tapasvins and disrupt their rites, the community departs for another hermitage despite Rāma’s appeal to remain

In the sequence: Rāma cannot persuade the departing group to stay → he escorts them part of the way, pays his respects, and returns to his dwelling → although that community has gone, the account says other tapasvins continue to accompany him.

2.108.23

ity uktavantaṃ rāmas taṃ rājaputras tapasvinam
na śaśākottarair vākyair avaroddhuṃ samutsukam

Rāma the prince could not, with any words of reply, hold back that ascetic who, having spoken thus, was so eager to depart.

Words: ity uktavantaṃ — him who had spoken thus; rāmas — Rāma; taṃ — that; rājaputras — the prince; tapasvinam — the ascetic; na — not; śaśākottarair — was able ... with (words of) reply; vākyair — with words; avaroddhuṃ — to hold back, restrain; samutsukam — the eager one

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.